Steve Winkelman, the director of transportation and adaptation programs at the Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP), recalls a joke his grandmother used to tell him about a man who wants to win the lottery but never actually goes out and buys a ticket. Winkelman says that America needs to “buy that ticket” if the country wants to insulate itself from oil price shocks and protect its communities from the impacts of global warming. He also says that Americans have to remember to “ask the climate question” to figure out their vulnerability to the impacts of climate change. (0:37)

 

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Expert scientists disagreed on the key contributor to global warming at a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing addressing the science and implications behind climate change. (more…)

Deputy commissioner of the New York City Bureau of Environmental Planning and Analysis Angela Licata says that New York can expect dramatic climate shifts by 2050. She gives details as to how the city and its water supply will be affected. (:32)

 

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Jimmy Adegoke, associate professor at the University of Missouri in Kansas City says that our nation is already in an enhanced regime of climate variability and change, and that we must plan accordingly. (:16)

 

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“Global warming is a tale of extremes” began Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) who chairs the House Energy Independence and Global Warming Committee. The committee held a hearing on global warming’s effects on extreme weather. Markey added that the US cannot afford to only treat the symptoms of global warming, but should also work to control our global warming pollution. (more…)

Mark Helmke, senior professional staff member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, talks about how the U.S. needs to cut carbon emissions and take on a stronger stance on the global warming problem in the the upcoming G8 summit in Hokkaido, Japan. (1:27)

 

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Philip Clapp, deputy managing director of the Pew Environment Group, Mark Helmke, senior professional staff member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jennifer Morgan, director of the Climate and Energy Security Programme at E3G discussed the U.S.’s role in the upcoming G8 summit in Hokkaido, Japan. (more…)

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) says he finds it shocking and shameful that the United States remains the most wasteful nation in the world with respect to energy and that the United States dependence on foreign energy sources stems from its own extravagance. (0:58)

 

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The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and Permanent Committee on Intelligence held a hearing to discuss the results of a National Intelligence report that gauged the potential risks global warming and climate change may have on national security from now until 2030. (more…)

At a Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming hearing, Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, CEO of Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (ADFEC), discussed the future of environmentally sustainable communities by highlighting the developments of Masdar City. (5:10) (more…)

 

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